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 s,0, of a bay, and inside of a group'oF islands which J.� so. sppoar to be the "(Ioo/J ]iI,laadb" of the old charts. The by was called after the late Vis. count Castlereagh, then Secretary of State for tha Foreiga Department. Two or three small open. in that were noticed at the bottom of the bay, are probably the embouchure of as many rivulets. This part of the oo[mtry is low, and of unintereat. illg aspect; dwarf timber appem to  the summits of the land near the coast, and of so level an outline, that it bears a stronff resemblance to a clipped hedge. s. At day.light we were enyelopecl in a dense fog, which nearly concealed the land; lint, ou reiffMnE, two oonspicuotm points were set, by which I was enabled to connect my survey. Soon afterwards the fog spread so thickly over us, that the land was entirely concealed; and m the water was shoal, we were obliged to anchor until the fog cleared o, when we again got under weigh, and ascertained the form of the outh- west comer of the bay; it is of very shoal alproach: our anchorage at night was not more than four miles and a half to the north-east of that of the ' eYeniug before. Au. 1. The next day we attempted to steer to sea between the islands, but our course was inter- o,g,t,zo  Goolg[�

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